Musicians Off-topic Discussion Thread v3 - Now with less dubstep and more trap - General

[QUOTE=CLungcancer;46760011]It's just the nature of pretty much every music/art forum ever. Maybe there is a safe heaven somewhere where everyone is ultra professional and amazing at giving feedback.. probably not[/QUOTE] I just don't understand how people are so eager for everyone to give feedback, yet fail to even bother helping the people who help them. I mean, all they have to do is quote the person, comment on the feedback they recieved and listen. [editline]27th December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Hakita;46763123]i tend to not give feedback too often since most people here make music for genres i'm not too into but if i do notice something i'm more of an expert in i'll try to help out especially with albums, i like giving feedback to albums[/QUOTE] That's a shitty excuse, musical structure and the use of rhythm and melodies (and all the music theory-stuff) is always there, even if I don't listen to half of the stuff posted in the thread I can still listen with my ears and pinpoint what I think sound nice and what I think sounds like garbage. How do you expect to get better at something if you never go beyond your comfort zone? I mean fuck, all you have to do is take a few minutes of your life to listen to somebody elses music, and tell them if you liked it and if you did, why you liked it. The same goes for if you don't like it, I'm sure someone who also makes music can go deeper in what makes it sound good versus why it doesn't sound good. [editline]27th December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=lawlavex;46793816]whoops probably should have been more specific, there's no events like that around where I am so I'm looking for websites and stuff like that :v:[/QUOTE] I know someone who I think is a very good rapper, he's swedish so you probably don't understand what he raps about but if you like his delivery and such I could maybe hook you guys up? :) I could always link some of your best beats to him and maybe he can cook something up, either way here's a few tracks of his: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doRRqDCM0U0[/url] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxvaiT7EuM&sns=fb[/url] This one is live, he's the first one. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7NtFJ5ljcM&feature=youtu.be[/url]

[QUOTE=Skeeter;46800404]That's a shitty excuse, musical structure and the use of rhythm and melodies (and all the music theory-stuff) is always there, even if I don't listen to half of the stuff posted in the thread I can still listen with my ears and pinpoint what I think sound nice and what I think sounds like garbage. How do you expect to get better at something if you never go beyond your comfort zone? I mean fuck, all you have to do is take a few minutes of your life to listen to somebody elses music, and tell them if you liked it and if you did, why you liked it. The same goes for if you don't like it, I'm sure someone who also makes music can go deeper in what makes it sound good versus why it doesn't sound good.[/QUOTE] christ man calm down, i said "i tend not to" not "i never"

Anyone know of good singing techniques to do daily? I know one obvious one is drink loads of water throughout the day. OR, maybe that's wrong, whatever.

[QUOTE=Skeeter;46800404]That's a shitty excuse, musical structure and the use of rhythm and melodies (and all the music theory-stuff) is always there, even if I don't listen to half of the stuff posted in the thread I can still listen with my ears and pinpoint what I think sound nice and what I think sounds like garbage. How do you expect to get better at something if you never go beyond your comfort zone? I mean fuck, all you have to do is take a few minutes of your life to listen to somebody elses music, and tell them if you liked it and if you did, why you liked it. The same goes for if you don't like it, I'm sure someone who also makes music can go deeper in what makes it sound good versus why it doesn't sound good.[/QUOTE] I see where you're comming form, but i have to back hakita on this one. If someone is really into IDM, they might not be to great at advising someone who writtes technical metal. The people who listen to both Necrophagist and Squarepusher are a small few

[QUOTE=Skeeter;46800404] That's a shitty excuse, musical structure and the use of rhythm and melodies (and all the music theory-stuff) is always there, even if I don't listen to half of the stuff posted in the thread I can still listen with my ears and pinpoint what I think sound nice and what I think sounds like garbage. How do you expect to get better at something if you never go beyond your comfort zone? I mean fuck, all you have to do is take a few minutes of your life to listen to somebody elses music, and tell them if you liked it and if you did, why you liked it. The same goes for if you don't like it, I'm sure someone who also makes music can go deeper in what makes it sound good versus why it doesn't sound good.[/QUOTE] yeah well good on you unfortunately I hate most EDM and wouldn't touch it with a ten foot barge pole

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to ask, or if I should make a new thread, but I'm itching to get into making digital music, and I wonder if you guys have any tips about software/hardware for a beginner like me? I've already looked around a bit, and the akai MPK mini seems like a reasonable entry-level MIDI controller, is it any decent in your opinion? Also I'd appreciate any help with finding a good soundcard, since I barely know anything about them. Thanks in advance for any help.

Selling my fender frontman 15R for 60$ canadian, is it a good deal?

[QUOTE=G-Strogg;46818366]Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to ask, or if I should make a new thread, but I'm itching to get into making digital music, and I wonder if you guys have any tips about software/hardware for a beginner like me? I've already looked around a bit, and the akai MPK mini seems like a reasonable entry-level MIDI controller, is it any decent in your opinion? Also I'd appreciate any help with finding a good soundcard, since I barely know anything about them. Thanks in advance for any help.[/QUOTE] Also I should add to this, my brother is helping me with this as a christmas present, and he's personally very interested in the launchpad. But I wonder if its equipment needed for someone who is new?

[QUOTE=G-Strogg;46820558]Also I should add to this, my brother is helping me with this as a christmas present, and he's personally very interested in the launchpad. But I wonder if its equipment needed for someone who is new?[/QUOTE] All you really need is your computer & headphones, to be honest. Especially as a beginner.

Depending on your genre it also can't be wrong to get a basic keyboard, it is very helpful for trying out different stuff and playing around in general. Not really necessary but it made my work way more easy and fun. Think well about this though, good keyboards cost good money.

I had an Oxygen-49 for years with tons of knobs & shit and I barely used it, just they keys :v: Also no soundcard, just ASIO drivers and the latency is manageable (and can always be fixed with quantize or making your recordings with a count-in) [editline]30th December 2014[/editline] So yeah headphones/decent speakers and a laptop with a decent CPU is indeed all you really need. Keyboards are useful if you like to play chords/melodies directly, pads are good for more rhythmic oriented people (personally I have not much experience with pads). [editline]30th December 2014[/editline] Actually what's the use for a soundcard (save for 7.1 sound stuff)? And can they do anything that a USB interface can't?

[QUOTE=G-Strogg;46818366]Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to ask, or if I should make a new thread, but I'm itching to get into making digital music, and I wonder if you guys have any tips about software/hardware for a beginner like me? I've already looked around a bit, and the akai MPK mini seems like a reasonable entry-level MIDI controller, is it any decent in your opinion? Also I'd appreciate any help with finding a good soundcard, since I barely know anything about them. Thanks in advance for any help.[/QUOTE] I have an M-audio FASTTRACK which is a very good soundcard for entry-level musicians, it has both a microphone input (xlr cable) and an instrument input (trs cable) which I can sell to you for about 400 SEK, it is usb powered so all you need is drivers for it, ASIO4all and an usb cable (which I'll send with the soundcard). Send me a pm if you're interested :)

Just a quick question: I've been playing piano pretty much ever since I can walk and am pretty good at it since I've been practicing almost daily for nearly all my life. However, I really want to join a band somehow and would love to do some sort of group playing. I did band back in grade school, but I never really played piano with anyone else. My question is simply if there is any room for piano in modern band music today?

there s always room for piano in music.

Pianos fit into pretty much any genre as far as I'm aware. But whether or not they're very popular in certain genres right now, I don't know.

I donated to this guy for this VST, and I'm just waiting for the goodies to be e-mailed to me! [url]http://www.alyjameslab.com/alyjameslabfmdrive.html[/url] If I'm happy with this, I'll snatch his sexy analog synth as well. I love Analog synths so much. [url]http://www.alyjameslab.com/obxtreme.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Number-41;46821204]I had an Oxygen-49 for years with tons of knobs & shit and I barely used it, just they keys :v: Also no soundcard, just ASIO drivers and the latency is manageable (and can always be fixed with quantize or making your recordings with a count-in) [editline]30th December 2014[/editline] So yeah headphones/decent speakers and a laptop with a decent CPU is indeed all you really need. Keyboards are useful if you like to play chords/melodies directly, pads are good for more rhythmic oriented people (personally I have not much experience with pads). [editline]30th December 2014[/editline] Actually what's the use for a soundcard (save for 7.1 sound stuff)? And can they do anything that a USB interface can't?[/QUOTE] Would you recommend the Oxygen-49? It seems nice. I understand equipment might not be needed, but I feel its a bit of a chore manually adding tones and such, so I would at the very least like to use a synth/MIDI-controller (which would also make it a bit easier to use VSTs etc.). What software do you guys use?

Well again, I barely used the sliders/knobs, so if I'd advise myself before I bought it, I'd rather recommend the Keystation 49/61 (i.e. a plain keyboard). As for quality, their MIDI-keyboards are awesome. And having a keyboard when trying to make up melodies/chords is great and it's fun dicking around with synths/effects. This is just personal experience speaking though. Also I use Ableton Live 9, after years of Fruityloops and a bit of Reason. It has a bit of a learning curve, but once you get started it's great software.

[URL]https://soundcloud.com/itbegins/new-years-explosions[/URL] Have 9 minutes of fireworks, download from soundcloud [editline]31st December 2014[/editline] featuring some kids and ppl shouting in finnish

2015 is gonna be fun [t]https://38.media.tumblr.com/8c91cd9a898f625593a330cac73ffed5/tumblr_nhityqEDEa1r03etxo1_1280.jpg[/t]

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I released an album shortly before the years end, I don't really like to advertise these things because the people who spam my facebook feed always seemed annoying and I didn't want to act like them, This being said... romaneseuntdomus.bandcamp.com It's Part Post-Rock, Part Sludge Metal, and Part Progressive Rock. If I shouldn't be posting this here, i'll snip it. Also, if anyone does any kind of semi almost sort of kind of similar music and wanted to do a split. I'd be all for it. I've got some song ideas I'd like to have a reason to release.

I picked up a Yamaha P-105 a few weeks back, just getting around to posting it now. $700 but it feels amazing, 88 weighted keys that really feel similar to a grand piano. Voices on it are pretty great too from what I can tell. [quote=Pics][img]http://i.imgur.com/UQBwB7D.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/9mCUu3r.jpg[/img][/quote]

[url]http://audulus.com[/url] is cool as hell

So I got a job back in December to teach music at a middle school, and this is literally me almost everyday. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXNj2BobjJ4[/media]

Does it involve 20+ recorders? :v:

[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;46871456][url]http://audulus.com[/url] is cool as hell[/QUOTE] whoa that looks cool as hell do you have a copy of it? it looks really interesting but i want to know what people think of it first. $30 is not bad at all, especially with the capabilities it seems to have

[QUOTE=lawlavex;46881403]whoa that looks cool as hell do you have a copy of it? it looks really interesting but i want to know what people think of it first. $30 is not bad at all, especially with the capabilities it seems to have[/QUOTE] Yeah I picked up a copy of it. It's cool as hell. Haha

i ended up picking up a copy about an hour later after seeing a video tutorial on making a vibrato subpatch, i couldn't resist. i've found that the windows version is a lot more buggy than i was expecting, but it did just come out so i'm hoping to see the bugs fixed. it's a lot of fun and i don't exactly know what to do with it just yet

Shame there isn't a demo for it.